CVE-2016-3887

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CVSS 3.0

7.8 high

EPSS

<1%p40

Published

Sep 11, 2016 (Sep 11, 2016)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

providers/settings/SettingsProvider.java in Android 7.0 before 2016-09-01 does not properly enforce the DISALLOW_CONFIG_VPN setting, which allows attackers to bypass an intended always-on VPN state via a crafted application, aka internal bug 29899712.

Vendors: google
Products: android
Weakness: CWE-264
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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